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Willie Gavin, crofter man : portrait of a vanished lifestyle

Cameron, David Kerr, 1928-20031980
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Willie Gavin, Crofter Man is a portrait of a crofting life in the bare and sometimes bitter landscape of Scotland's North-east lowlands. It is the closely reconstructed life of one man in particular, and beyond that, the wider story of a croft and its people, assembled from the family's folk memories. Willie Gavin's real identity has been blurred, but this is essentially a true story and is illustrated with a fascinating selection of period photographs. Through the eyes of Willie Gavin we experience the hardships and wretched lifestyle endured by crofters throughout Scotland.
Imprint:
London : Gollancz, 1980.
Collation:
221 pages,16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations. ; 23 cm.
ISBN:
05750281659780575028166
Dewey class:
941.21081630.1941.2630
Local class:
920630.1AT2AT2 333.4630.94108
Language:
English
Index terms:
CroftersSocial lifeScotlandGrampian Region, ca 1880-1930FarmingCROFTINGCROFTERSSCOTLANDLOWLANDS (Scotland)
BRN:
150776
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